Daughter of Albert S.J. Harrison
and Mary Katherine Jones Harrison
Her parents were farmers. Her father died when she was seven, leaving her mother to manage the family farm and to care for Harrison and her elder brother. She attended high school in Mexico, Missouri where she became interested in science. She received her B.A. in 1933 in chemistry, a B.A. in 1935 in education, a M.A. in 1937 in chemistry, and a Ph.D. in 1940 in physical chemistry, all from the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri.
While working towards her master's degree in chemistry, she taught elementary school at the one-room country school, in Audrain County, Missouri, where she had attended school as a child.
Anna Jane was an American organic chemist and a professor of chemistry at Mount Holyoke College for nearly forty years. She was the first female President of the American Chemical Society, and the recipient of twenty honorary degrees. She was nationally known for her teaching and was active nationally and internationally as a supporter of women in science.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_J._Harrison
and Mary Katherine Jones Harrison
Her parents were farmers. Her father died when she was seven, leaving her mother to manage the family farm and to care for Harrison and her elder brother. She attended high school in Mexico, Missouri where she became interested in science. She received her B.A. in 1933 in chemistry, a B.A. in 1935 in education, a M.A. in 1937 in chemistry, and a Ph.D. in 1940 in physical chemistry, all from the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri.
While working towards her master's degree in chemistry, she taught elementary school at the one-room country school, in Audrain County, Missouri, where she had attended school as a child.
Anna Jane was an American organic chemist and a professor of chemistry at Mount Holyoke College for nearly forty years. She was the first female President of the American Chemical Society, and the recipient of twenty honorary degrees. She was nationally known for her teaching and was active nationally and internationally as a supporter of women in science.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_J._Harrison
Daughter of Albert S.J. Harrison
and Mary Katherine Jones Harrison
Her parents were farmers. Her father died when she was seven, leaving her mother to manage the family farm and to care for Harrison and her elder brother. She attended high school in Mexico, Missouri where she became interested in science. She received her B.A. in 1933 in chemistry, a B.A. in 1935 in education, a M.A. in 1937 in chemistry, and a Ph.D. in 1940 in physical chemistry, all from the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri.
While working towards her master's degree in chemistry, she taught elementary school at the one-room country school, in Audrain County, Missouri, where she had attended school as a child.
Anna Jane was an American organic chemist and a professor of chemistry at Mount Holyoke College for nearly forty years. She was the first female President of the American Chemical Society, and the recipient of twenty honorary degrees. She was nationally known for her teaching and was active nationally and internationally as a supporter of women in science.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_J._Harrison
and Mary Katherine Jones Harrison
Her parents were farmers. Her father died when she was seven, leaving her mother to manage the family farm and to care for Harrison and her elder brother. She attended high school in Mexico, Missouri where she became interested in science. She received her B.A. in 1933 in chemistry, a B.A. in 1935 in education, a M.A. in 1937 in chemistry, and a Ph.D. in 1940 in physical chemistry, all from the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri.
While working towards her master's degree in chemistry, she taught elementary school at the one-room country school, in Audrain County, Missouri, where she had attended school as a child.
Anna Jane was an American organic chemist and a professor of chemistry at Mount Holyoke College for nearly forty years. She was the first female President of the American Chemical Society, and the recipient of twenty honorary degrees. She was nationally known for her teaching and was active nationally and internationally as a supporter of women in science.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_J._Harrison
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